gradle dist - Failed to load native library 'libnative-platform.so' for Linux amd64

[freeman42x]

I am trying to build a Freeplane derivation based on Freemind, see: https://github.com/razvan-panda/nixpkgs/blob/freeplane/pkgs/applications/misc/freeplane/default.nix

{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, jre, gradle }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "freeplane-${version}";
  version = "1.6.13";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/freeplane/freeplane%20stable/freeplane_src-${version}.tar.gz";
    sha256 = "0aabn6lqh2fdgdnfjg3j1rjq0bn4d1947l6ar2fycpj3jy9g3ccp";
  };

  buildInputs = [ jdk gradle ];

  buildPhase = "gradle dist";

  installPhase = ''
    mkdir -p $out/{bin,nix-support}
    cp -r ../bin/dist $out/nix-support
    sed -i 's/which/type -p/' $out/nix-support/dist/freeplane.sh

    cat >$out/bin/freeplane <<EOF
    #! /bin/sh
    JAVA_HOME=${jre} $out/nix-support/dist/freeplane.sh
    EOF
    chmod +x $out/{bin/freeplane,nix-support/dist/freeplane.sh}
  '';

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "Mind-mapping software";
    homepage = https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Home;
    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
    platforms = platforms.linux;
  };
}

During the gradle build step it is throwing the following error:

building path(s)
‘/nix/store/9dc1x2aya5p8xj4lq9jl0xjnf08n7g6l-freeplane-1.6.13’
unpacking sources unpacking source archive
/nix/store/c0j5hgpfs0agh3xdnpx4qjy82aqkiidv-freeplane_src-1.6.13.tar.gz
source root is freeplane-1.6.13 setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp
1517769626 of file freeplane-1.6.13/gitinfo.txt patching sources
configuring no configure script, doing nothing building

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Failed to load native library 'libnative-platform.so' for Linux amd64.

• Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. builder for ‘/nix/store/id4vfk3r6fd4zpyb15dq9xfghf342qaa-freeplane-1.6.13.drv’
  failed with exit code 1 error: build of
  ‘/nix/store/id4vfk3r6fd4zpyb15dq9xfghf342qaa-freeplane-1.6.13.drv’
  failed

Running gradle dist from terminal works fine. I'm guessing that maybe one of the globally installed Nix packages provides a fix to the issue and they are not visible during the build.

I searched a lot but couldn't find any working solution. For example, removing the ~/.gradle folders didn't help.

To reproduce the issue just git clone https://github.com/razvan-panda/nixpkgs, checkout the freeplane branch and run nix-build -A freeplane in the root of the repository.

More information in SO question comments: https://stackoverflow.com/q/48652914/750216

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.9.78, NixOS, 17.09.2905.c1d9aff56e0 (Hummingbird)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: no
• version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.16
• channels(root): "nixpkgs-unstable-18.03pre126798.42b9b8f7c86, nixos-17.09.2905.c1d9aff56e0, nixos-unstable-18.03pre118631.66b63d2f5a"
• channels(neo): ""
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs

[NeQuissimus]

Can you try setting $GRADLE_USER_HOME (as per #20802)?
I wonder if you're just running into the missing $HOME directory.
That would be the only thing I can think of...

[freeman42x]

@NeQuissimus I tried following the instructions from that ticket but still got the same error (possible I did not apply the changes correctly).

Other instances of this Failed to load native library 'libnative-platform.so' issue:

• Gradle fails to run on 16.03 #14596
• gradle: Require libstdc++.so.6 #11915
• gradle: Fix gradle on Linux to find libstdc++.so.6 reference. #14454
• android-studio: 2.1.1.0 -> 2.1.2.0, fixed Gradle link error #16325
• gradle-2.12 not functioning #14931

[freeman42x]

madveru from #nixos IRC tried to build it from my git clone and got a different error:

~/github/nixos/nixpkgs(:10915ff1919|…) % g cd razvan-panda/freeplane
Previous HEAD position was 10915ff1919... Freetype GL: init at 2017-08-10
HEAD is now at a8e528684b8... Freeplane
~/github/nixos/nixpkgs(:a8e528684b8|…) % nix-build -A freeplane
these derivations will be built:
/nix/store/i3x16vnhf3q58qg5yqfigzxgi34050z0-freeplane-1.6.13.drv
building '/nix/store/i3x16vnhf3q58qg5yqfigzxgi34050z0-freeplane-1.6.13.drv'...
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/c0j5hgpfs0agh3xdnpx4qjy82aqkiidv-freeplane_src-1.6.13.tar.gz
source root is freeplane-1.6.13
setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1517769626 of file freeplane-1.6.13/gitinfo.txt
patching sources
configuring
no configure script, doing nothing
building
Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:
  Build file '/build/freeplane-1.6.13/build.gradle' line: 2

• What went wrong:
  Plugin [id: 'nebula.ospackage', version: '4.4.0'] was not found in any of the following sources:

• Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace)
• Plugin Repositories (could not resolve plugin artifact 'nebula.ospackage:nebula.ospackage.gradle.plugin:4.4.0')
  Searched in the following repositories:
  Gradle Central Plugin Repository

• Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 2s

Possibly libnative-platform.so was loaded during his build and it continued with the gradle plugins.

[freeman42x]

I think the issue is that I am using Gradle wrong, my nix expression is the only one using , gradle as input to the derivation. Struggling to find an example using Gradle.

[freeman42x]

@NeQuissimus Your suggestion worked in the end by setting GRADLE_USER_HOME I just did not apply at the right place, had to go before gradle dist:

  buildPhase = ''
    export GRADLE_USER_HOME="/tmp"
    gradle dist
  '';

Thank you. I think the issue can be closed now.

[NeQuissimus]

Awesome! I am glad you worked it out!